{"id":462,"date":"2025-04-14T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/?p=462"},"modified":"2025-04-21T01:22:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T01:22:33","slug":"over-350-million-people-globally-have-access-to-drs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/14\/over-350-million-people-globally-have-access-to-drs\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 350 million people globally have access to DRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-beyondwords-marker=\"26d30b8e-bbbb-4683-838d-870dcd9b279c\" data-beyondwords-player=\"true\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48912 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"deposit return scheme DRS\" width=\"860\" height=\"516\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/deposit-scheme-drs-packaging.png?resize=860%2C516&amp;ssl=1\"><\/h4>\n<h4>Over 350 million people across the globe have access to a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), according to new analysis from Reloop.<\/h4>\n<p>The analysis comes from Reloop\u2019s new interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reloopplatform.org\/global-deposit-dashboard\/\">Global Deposit Dashboard<\/a>, which aims to provide comparable, transparent information on DRS policies and system performance across regions.<\/p>\n<p>The dashboard shows the continued growth of DRS programmes including in British Columbia\u2019s scheme, which launched in 1970 and covers around 2 million people. The latest data from 2024 showing what Reloop calls a \u201crecord level\u201d of over 350 million people globally had access to a DRS.<\/p>\n<p>The total population of Europeans with access to DRSs reached 185 million in 2024, up from 165 million in 2023, according to the Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Clarissa Morawski, CEO of Reloop, commented: \u201cWe know that deposit return systems work, but good design relies on good data.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReloop\u2019s Global Deposit Dashboard gives users the tools to understand what\u2019s happening on the ground, compare systems and use those insights to make better decisions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the UK Government moves ahead with the vital Deposit Return Scheme, the dashboard offers insights which demonstrate the well-evidenced benefits of these schemes around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.circulareconomyfestival.com\/?utm_source=partner_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=AprilFOCEBanner\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-453669 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"106\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CIWM-394-FOCE-25-Leaderboard-728x90px-scaled.jpg?resize=860%2C106&amp;ssl=1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\/news\/over-350-million-people-globally-have-access-to-drs\/\">Over 350 million people globally have access to DRS<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.circularonline.co.uk\">Circular Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Over 350 million people across the globe have access to a Deposit Return Scheme&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firstnationaltt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}